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prince_n	duke_n	king_n	savoy_n	4,461	5	11.5012	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80111	A collection of pleasant modern novels· Vol. II. Viz. Heroine musqueteer: or female warrier, in ofur [sic] parts. Incognito: or love and duty reconciled. By Mr. Congrave. The pilgrim, in two parts.	Congreve, William, 1670-1729. Incognita: or, Love and duty reconcil'd.; Préchac, Jean de, 1647?-1720. Héroïne mousquetaire. English.	1700 (1700)	Wing C5173A; ESTC R223933	331,383	604

continued some time looking one upon another not able to speak a Word to express their joy They fail'd not afterwards to say all the kind things two Lovers are capable of on such an occasion The Marquess thank'd the Duchess for the pleasant Cheat put upon him and confess'd he was come with a Design to Marry his dear Mistress and pray'd her the Ceremony of it might be perform'd at her House The Duchess not expecting so sudden a Rosolution could not handsomly refuse him but desir'd time to think on 't and to receive an Answer from Brussels adding he would do well to send a Courrier to the Bishop for a License Christina saying she thought that very necessary and desir'd it might be so the Marquess sent away a Gentleman express to the Bishop and charg'd him to dispatch that Affair with all expedition The two Lovers with a pleasing Impatience expected the return of the Courrier and rejoyc'd the while to see their Constancy so near being Crown'd with mutual Enjoyment The Marquess was perswaded Christina's Thoughts were altogether Heroick that she lov'd none beside him and was above the weaknesses commonly incident to those of her Sex How odd soever it might appear that a Man of his Quality should Marry a Maid that had run through so many different Adventures his Love and the knowledge he had of the Vertues of his Mistress prevail'd with him above all other considerations Christina who had not on any other occasion been sensible of Love but yielded her self to the sole Merit and perseverance of the Marquess was extreme glad to see her Troubles so near an end and her self upon the point of being united to the only Man of the World who had the secret to please her and she thought worthy of her affections But this Joy was short-liv'd and the satisfaction they had to be together some hours seem'd granted them only to heighten the grief that was quickly to succeed upon their Absence from each other with small hopes of ever seeing one another again The Duchess of Benavidez who after the taking of Cambray was return'd into Spain and could not Pardon the Marquess D'Osseyra his insensibility had inform'd his Mother of the Passion he had for Christina and had given her so ill-favour'd a Description of that poor Maids Disguises and Adventures that the Mother was perswaded her Son was bewitch'd And attributing his Passion to something supernatural she pray'd Don John of Austria who had a respect for her having long Known her at Arragon to obtain an Order from the King to the Governour of the Low-Countries to obstruct the Marriage of the Marquess with Christina and if need were to interpose the King's Authority to prevent it The Order was sent into Flanders as strict as the Marcioness could wish it and the Duke de Villa Hermosa very zealous for the Service of his Prince and desirous to demonstrate an exact Conformity to the Orders of the Court and repair by performing what was in his Power the misfortune he had to lose many Places it was not in his power to defend better than he had done being advertiz'd by the Duchess of Arschot's Letter of Christina's arrival at Mons presently sent thither the Captain of his Guatds with the King's Order address'd to the Duke of Arschot declaring he must be answerable to the King to have Christina forth-coming And being told the Maquess D' Osseyra was gone from Brussels he presently thought him gone for Mons which oblig'd him to dispatch a Courrier thither to tell the Marquess he must presently attend him The Courier arriv'd as soon as the King's Order and the Marquess from whom the Duke conceal'd the Order he receiv'd believ'd the French intended to attacque Brussels and went away in all haste having taken leave of Christina and recommended her earnestly to the Duchess When the Marquess came to Brussels he was extremely surpriz'd when the Governour shew'd him the Order from Spain and pray'd him not to stir out of Town for if he did he must interpose his Authority to hinder him The Marquess was upon the point of returning for Mons in spight of the Governour 's Orders when a Letter was brought him from the Duchess of Arschot acquainting him she was much troubled a Higher Power had put it out of hers to express her respects for him in the Person of his Mistress who was now in a Covent where she should be us'd very civily but was not to be spoke with by any but the Abbess of the Place the Order from Spain being positive in that Particular This was a deadly blow to a Man in Love as the Marquess but it must be born with and he must be content to write into Spain to endeavour to obtain a Revocation of the Order Several Persons of the highest Quality writ in Favour of Christina giving her the Character of an extraordinary Person and that her Vertue and excellent Qualities deserv'd to be us'd with particular Respect The good Offices intended the Marquess by Letters so much to the advantage of his Mistress had an effect quite contrary to his Friends expectation The King of Spain having been told of her and scarce believing what was repoted of her express'd a great desire to see so rare a Person And having ask'd if it were not possible to have her brought into Spain Don John of Austria promis'd she should It being Don John's Custom to make the King acquainted with the greatest Affairs of Europe by way of Divertisement as in the beginning of his Ministry he made him desirous to learn to write by shewing him a Letter from the Duke of Savoy all of the Hand-writing of that young Prince and assuring his Majesty he might if he pleas'd do as much in three Months The King thought well of it and learnt to write Order was sent to the Governour of the Low-Countries to Embarque Christina to be convey'd into Spain the Duke de Villa Hermosa willing to save the Marquess D' Osseyra the Trouble the removing his Mistress to such a distance might occasion him kept this Order very private When Christina was told she must go a Ship-board she was at Death's-door especially when she heard she was to go into Spain and the Marquess to stay in Flanders with so little hopes of ever seeing her more These Reflections made her forget she had ever been S. Aubin and yeild her self wholly to the Sentiments of Christina her Love drawing Tears from her in abundance which the fear of Death was never able to force from her She took Shipping at Ostend in a Vessel fitted and arm'd on purpose to convey her for Spain She was recommended with so much care to the Officers of the Ship that they thought her a Princess of some Soveraign Family which the Spaniards had stolen away for Reasons of State The Gentry of that Nation are great adorers of Women and those in the Ship us'd her with that respect that help'd her to bear